The customary period an executor has before beneficiaries can press for distribution. An expectation rather than a deadline.
The Canadian position
Beyond it, unexplained delay may support an application to pass accounts.
Tax clearance commonly makes a year realistic rather than lazy.
The Islamic position
The fixed shares apply to the net estate after funeral expenses, debts and any bequest capped at one third.
Where a Canadian mechanism has no classical counterpart, treat it as a contemporary question for a scholar rather than assuming an answer.
This is legal information only. For advice on your own circumstances, speak to a lawyer.
Citations & sources
Every factual claim on this page traces to a source below. Details change — check the original source before relying on any figure, fee or legal position. Anything under “further reading” is related material, not a source for what is stated here.
- Apply for probate of an estate — Government of Ontario
- Estate Administration Tax — Government of Ontario
- Estates Act, RSO 1990, c E.21 — Government of Ontario
- What to do when someone has died — Canada Revenue Agency
- Income Tax Act, RSC 1985, c 1 (5th Supp) — Justice Laws Canada
- Compelling executor to pass accounts ontario — Treadstone Law
- Executor release from beneficiaries before distribution ontario — Treadstone Law
- Clearance certificate delay affects closing ontario — Treadstone Law
- Non resident beneficiary clearance certificate delay ontario — Treadstone Law
- Wills & estates practice — Treadstone Law